mid- to upper 70s. here's a look at your day planner. we start with generally clear skies. high clouds in a couple of spots. by lunch time beautiful, 71 degrees. light southeast winds. then this afternoon high about 78. your 5:00 p.m. temperature 74. sunshine all day. chilly this morning. we're down to 55 in town. still 61 on the bay. the bay temperatures are still up there but low 40s now. martinsburg, cumberland, 43 degrees. kim up at haystack mountain said i had to put the furnace on this morning. she texted me that on facebook. manassas 46. fredricksburg 49 along with easton across the bay. there's been a touch of fog in the warrenton area. their visibilities down to a half mile. frederick forming a little bit of fog with visibility there at three-quarters. isolated patches of fog and a great afternoon. look at your highs. in the mid- to upper 70s. monika, i've got some great weather. what about traffic this morning? can you deliver? no, no. i'm sorry. i can't. i cannot compare anything to

the weather right now. even early in the morning i have a couple of issues to tell you about. over to 270 first. i-70 near 270, there is police activity and they want us to tell you to please be aware of take. they're doing a search in that area. there are no lanes blocked but just be aware of that activity. on the westbound side of i-70 right here near 270 up in frederick. we'll take a live look furtr south if you're planning to head here on 270 near route 109. no issues to report as you leave high yachts town down toward germantown and the beltway. 270 is doing fine. back over to the maps. want to let you know the douglas bridge sup right now to let a boat -- is up right now to let a boat through. twiewnts use an alter -- you'll want to use an alternate route. no issues here as you cross the river and head into the downtown area. i'll be back with more traffic coming up at 5:09. it appears the area will be able to run normal service from

manassas this morning. >> train service down the i-66 line was halted last night when a package believed to be containing human remains was found on the tracks. 9news now reporter kristin fisher is in manassas. she has the story. what do we know now? >> reporter: [ no audio ] it of course raises a whole new series of questions. whose are they and how on earth did they end up inside on a black bag on the train tracks right near manassas park. initially a spokesman for vre said that they had indeed found human body parts. but manassas city police still won't confirm italthough they did have a medical examiner on the scene as they worked late into the night searching for clues. the package was discovered several hours earlier around 6:00 yesterday evening right in the middle of the evening rush. police had to close the tracks for several hours which meant

major delays for vre commuters. four vre trains were stopped on the tracks stranding more than 1500 commuters as they were trying to get home. this woman's commute home from d.c. to manassas took more than two hours, longer than usual. >> i guess the vre was doing all they could. there was a lack of communication for a while. it was -- they were relying on passengers for information which is kind of weird to me i guess. >> reporter: yesterday certainly a huge inconvenience for commuters trying to get to this train station in manassas. the good news here is that vre says that all trains are going to be running on time. the tracks are back open, but of course this investigation continues into this bizarre finding. there are some talk about the fact that maybe possibly these were animal body parts and not human body parts but at this point in time it's just too

soon to say. we'll have to wait. manassas city police to come out and make the final determination. mike, andrea? >> all right, thank you. kristin is live in manassas this morning. passengers on metro's redline are hoping for a smoother commute this morning. about a thousand people got stuck on a train yesterday morning when the power went out. the train came to a stop between the friendship heights and tenleytown stations. took an hour to move the train 150 feet to the platform at tenleytown. metro says in the future managers will make quicker decisions about whether to evacuate trains. a shooting at coolidge high school in northwest washington lands one student in the hospital and another in handcuffs. d.c. school's chancellor says the two students got into an argument during the school day. one of the students left school and then came back around 3:15 with a gun. the victim was shot in the leg and was taken to the hospital and is expected to be okay. a montgomery county jury has convicted a former army

ranger of killing his roommate. jurors deliberated for 12 hours before finding gary smith guilty of involuntary manslaughter. his roommate michael mcqueen was also a former ranger. he was found shot to death in 2006 after the two had spent a night smoking marijuana, drinking and playing pool. they had served together in afghanistan. the defense contended mcqueen shot himself. smith was retried after his original conviction was overturned. the board that oversees dulles and national airports has adopted new ethics policies, this following complaints that board members spent thousands of taxpayer dollars on expensive travel. the metropolitan washington airports authority board also reinstalled the member dennis martyr and agreed to settle a lawsuit between him and the state of virginia. it involves governor mcdonnell's decision to remove him from the board for his travel spending. he said he's going to resign next month to avoid being a

distraction. it is 5:05. i am watching your money. better than expected news about the housing market. that was good news for stocks. investors encouraged by news that the sales of existing homes jumped to the best level in two years last month. builders broke ground on more new homes in august than all. good pieces of news. checking the numbers, the dow stands at 13,577. rose about 13 points in trading yesterday. nasdaq was better by 5. s&p 500 was better by 2. nearly six million americans will face a tax penalty for not carrying medical coverage once president obama's new health care law goes into effect. that's two million more than previously estimated according to congressional analysts. most of them are expected to be middle class americans. the average penalty will be $1200. want your starbucks at home but don't want to make a whole pot of coffee? starbucks is muscling in on the

single serve coffee market. the seattle-based company says it will start selling its new single serve brewer online this week. about $199. plans to start selling the machine in stores next month. the patent on the technology expired this month prompting other competitors to jump right in. >> i wonder if that means you don't have to pay five bucks for a cup of coffee. maybe it goes down to four. the debate resumes over the fast and furious operation. that story is coming up. >> plus, today, a major u.s. tourist test nation is day -- destination is debuting a new bus. >> we'll be right back.

welcome back. 5:09. your weather first. i think many of you will need a jacket this morning. we're down in the 40s. but something you can peel off because it's going to be a great afternoon. very comfortable. i think you're going to love it. here's a look at our day planner. we start chilly but sunrise all day long. 1:00 73. we're topping out at 78 and we're driving home with beautiful conditions. still in the low 70s. convertible top down.

monika? on the northbound side of i- 95 no issues to report dale city across to springfield and up to 395 to the 14th street bridge. right now all lanes are open. i'll have more on virginia roads coming up at 5:17. back to you. making news now at 5:10, a jury has awarded more than $7 million to a colorado man who claims he got permanent lung damage from microwave popcorn. wayne watson says he ate two packages a day without knowing it contain add potentially dangerous chemical. the chemical had previously been blamed for causing lung problems in popcorn factory workers. today a congressional hearing will review the new report on the fast and furious gun trafficking operation. although the findings clear attorney general eric holder, two other federal law enforcement officials have resigned their posts after that report was released yesterday. federal agents lost tabs on about 2,000 guns during the program. this is so cool.

some big easy visitors may wonder if they're headed for big ben. that's because new orleans is stealing an idea from london. it will start using double- decker buses for its city sightseeing tours. riders can buy a day pass to hop on or hop off wherever they want to. >> pretty cool. president obama now has an advantage when it comes to the swing states, especially the one across the potomac. we'll take a closer look at campaign 2012 and the battle for virginia. in sports at 5:23, rg3 sounds off publicly about what he calls cheap shots delivered in sunday's game. >> next at 5:15, one of the nicest seven-day forecasts you'll see in a while. howa has the details right after this.

howard bernstein has a treat for all of us and he's going to serve it up this afternoon. >> this morning it's maybe a little trick out there if you're not used to the chill in the air. 41 in cumberland. i was just looking. so feeling very autumnal out there and fall officially begins saturday morning at 10:49. today it's going to be a spectacular afternoon once we get rid of the morning chill. here's a look at your bus stop forecast. it is definitely chilly. clear skies, a few high clouds. maybe clear to partly cloudy with 40s and 50s to start. sunrise not until 6:54. then a glorious day ahead. we're going to have sunshine

today. by the middle of the day lunch time looks great, 71. 75 at 4:00. going to be out this evening 8:00 temperature around 70. be a little bit after chill in the air. the nats are home trying to clinch a wild card playoff berth at least. 45 in gaithersburg this morning. there's cumberland at 41 with winchester also 45. upper 40s in culpeper to fredricksburg and tappahannock. by the way, warrenton and frederick, both have a little bit of fog developing. their airports reporting visibility abouts three -- advice i can'ts about three- quarters to one -- visibilities about three-quarters to one half mile. good looking morning out there. great visibility with the cooler, drier air in place. some high clouds overhead. 55 degrees at national with the humidity at 80% and a light northwest wind at 5 miles an hour. our weather headlines, spectacular today. it is going to get warmer, though. tomorrow and saturday i think we'll have temperatures low, even mid-80s on saturday. but saturday that's ahead of a front which could bring us a couple of showers later in the

day and may hold off till after dark saturday. the front will push through overnight so sunday will be cooler and drier. highs sunday around 70. the skins are home. i think the weather will be fine for that. just a few high clouds. you can see them streaming southwest to northeasterly this morning across the region. got a system coming through the great lakes with a few showers and clouds. another shot of cool air up there, places like marquette and up in michigan, they're not going to get out of the 50s today. looking at the futurecast, lots of sunshine today, beautiful. mid- to upper 70s. tonight generally clear but not as cool. lows 59, 60 here in d.c. closer to 50 in the suburbs. tomorrow in the afternoon we'll watch for the possibility of a few showers popping on the ridgetops well west of d.c., west of interstate 81 if you're traveling that way. as we head into saturday, that front gets closer to us so saturday afternoon notice the clock 5:15, we've got showers and storms west of us. looks like this may be approaching us later on in the afternoon, evening hours before the cooler weather for sunday

and monday. here we go. today beautiful, 78. tonight 59 or so in town. 50 in the suburbs. tomorrow 82. partly sunny. late shower west. mid-#s on saturday. could be a -- mid-80s saturday. could be a late shower or storm. sunday cooler and monday a delightful start to the week. let's check with monika samtani. it's already been a little bit bumpy on the roads. although we had early morning issues, it seems like right now things are getting better, calmer. if you're planning to head northbound on i-95, for example, no red yet leaving triangle, dumfries, dale city into woodbridge and across the occoquan river. i think you're going to be just fine. if you're planning to head here, this is route 50 at patrick henry drive. everything inside the beltway is final. if you're a vre passenger, passengers are getting on the trains in manassas on vre. it looks like they're back to normal this morning. happy to say that out of

manassas. let's take a look out west right now on our map. no problems to report as you can coin on the dulles toll road or 66 from manassas. if you're hopping in your car in centreville, fairfax over to the beltway, tysons corner and annandale, all the construction is cleared up. a last live look over to the northbound side of 395 and the 14th street bridge. still light across the potomac river. i'll be back with more traffic at 5:24. back to you guys. >> thanks, monika. the nationals win their 90th game of the year. does that sound cool or what? but they missed their chance to punch their ticket to the playoffs so far. >> rg3 calls out his most recent opponent for what he says were cheap shots. >> before we head to break, let's check on the question of the day. most men spend less than two minutes every day doing one of these things. which is it na, picking up -- is it? a, picking up their clothes, b, brushing their teeth or c, eating breakfast. >> fred wrote b, they take time to eat while reading the paper and depending on work, they

know what they will wear every day. but brushing their teeth, that requires little thought and even less time. >> log on to our facebook fan page and let us know what you think. we'll have the answer during our 6:00 show. >> if you give the right answer, will you have a chance to win this, a $50 gas card. yesterday's winner melanie baylor mccleary. one winner will be chosen randomly every day until friday. >> that's tomorrow. we'll be right back.

welcome back. 5:21 this thursday morning. your weather first. we've having a sweet -- we're having a sweet morning a chilly one. we'll have a lot of sun. by 9:00 61 in d.c. only 51 in winchester but up to 6 a along the bay in annapolis. -- 65 along the bay in annapolis. lunch hour looks fan tastic. upper 70s. look at the afternoon. sunshine. temperatures mid- to upper 70s. >> looks gorgeous, thanks, howard. rg3 speaks his mind about cheap shots in last sunday's game. >> the next nationals win guarantees the team a spot in the post-season. kristen berset has your morning sports. good morning, everybody. i've got to say it doesn't get much better than baseball pennant race. win or lose, you're pretty much guaranteed an exciting game during this time. after yesterday's afternoon win

between the nats and dodgers, the doubleheader evening game started to seem like a letdown at the beginning for nats fans but you can never count out the curly ws. the l.a. dodgers took a 6-0 lead in the 8th inning. two home runs cut it in half and bryce harper with two on send as dribbler to 3rd and he's safe at first base. he beat the throw. mike morris showing no signs of a hurt wrist, get as base hit to right. two more runs come in. the nationals just don't know how to quit. six runs in the 8th inning to tie up the game. but of course not every great story has a happy ending. it wouldn't last. in the 9th, a home run off tyler. the dodgers win this one 7-6 but hey, that was still one heck of a game. the two play again today and a win clinches a post-season berth for the nationals. several redskins players aren't mincing words about the refereeing during the rams game

sunday. yesterday robert griffin iii in his weekly press conference said the rams players took several cheap shots at him. he said they made it obvious that that was their goal all week long. >> there was some extra sur rick regard stuff going on after -- extracurricular stuff going on after the plays. they are still annual extremely good team but the game was unprofessional. i haven't been a pro very long but what i experienced against the saints compared to that game, it was definitely unprofessional. >> looks like we'll be seeing the replacement refs again this weekend. that's a quick look at sports this morning. i'm kristen berset. have a great thursday. new figures out this morning. hope for the u.s. economy. that's coming up next in your money. >> plus, an investigation is under way after a disturbing discovery brought some commuter trains to a halt. before we leave this morning, here's a check on the commute. monika? i'm happy to say if you're coming in on 66 right here in manassas, the lanes are open. no problems as you head into

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welcome back. it's thursday morning. free friday around here. i'm jessica doyle in for andrea roane. it's gorgeous already. good morning. i'm mike hydeck. good morning, monika samtani. a goringous start. -- gorgeous start. it's a little crisp but it's going to get better. 23 you like the 80s -- if you like the 80s, we'll give you a taste of that this weekend. here's a look outside on our michael & son weather cam. looking at wisconsin avenue this morning. nice and quiet. dark for a while. still another 90 minutes before the sunrise at 6:54. 71 by noon, though. it's going to turn out to be a great lunch hour and an even better afternoon with highs in the mid- to upper 70s. 5:00 p.m. temperature still 74 degrees.

good air quality and all systems go this morning. cumberland down to 41. martinsburg down to 43. it's 46 in culpeper this morning. spoke to charlie in catlett, 45. a touch of fog if and around catlett. we'll look as visibilities in a moment but along the bay, notice annapolis at 61 and the pax river naval air station 51 degrees. quarter mile visibility. warrenton has improved. isolated, patchy fog this morning. this afternoon glorious, comfortable, delightful, one of the better days of the year mid- to upper 70s. at least weather wise. here is monika with traffic. i started off a little tough but right now i'm happy to say that i've got good news. that means all of your major thoroughfares are incident free. we did have a car fire on the northbound side of 95 hence all

this redheaded up toward route 1 hundred. i believe that's cleared up. let's take a live look on 95 near route 100. things are looking good both directions of 95 between baltimore and washington. let's go back over to the maps, this time all the way to the other side of town. coming in from southern maryland, route 4, route 5, 301, brandywine, accokeek, oxon hill across the wilson bridge into alexandria. 95, 395, everything is good right now. let's take a live look one wore time. here's route -- one more time. here's route 50. no issues to the beltway or through cheverly. more coming up at 5:39. a suspicious bag near train tracks shut down vre's train line to manassas during last night's rush hour. >> what was inside was very disturbing. 9news now reporter kristin fisher is live in manassas. she has the latest on the investigation. what about the tracks this morning, kristin? is it all set? >> reporter: the track is back open. in fact, the first vre train of the morning just left here

about 15 minutes ago. tracks back open. service back to normal. commuters very happy about that. clearly after yesterday's big delays. but they still can't believe what was found on the tracks yesterday afternoon. they were told initially it could be human bodies parts inside. they are still -- owe body parts inside. they're shocked. >> i have no words. that's worrisome and makes me sick. >> just shock. you know, having something like that happen, you know, always takes you by surprise. >> reporter: to be clear, manassas city police are still trying to identify exactly what was inside that bag. if they are indeed human body parts, that of course opens up a whole new series of questions. whose are they? how did they end up in a black bag on the tracks?

originally it was a spokesperson for the vre who said they had found body parts. police have not confirmed it but they did have a medical examiner on the scene as they worked late into the night. the package was discovered right around 6:00 yesterday evening right in the middle of the evening rush. police had to close the tracks for several hours to investigate which meant major, major delays for vre commuters. four vre trains were stopped on the tracks stranding more than 1500 commuters. the commute home for many folks from d.c. took well over three hours longer than usual, but again this morning the good news here is that the service on this track back to normal. vre says everything is back up and running as this investigation continues. mike? >> thanks, kristin fisher live in manassas this morning. prosecutors and defense attorneys failed to reach an agreement for prince george's county delegate tiffany

allston. she has been found guilty of using $50,000 in state money to pay an employee in her law office but her attorneys are appealing that verdict. she's also facing accusations that she used campaign money to pay for her wedding expenses as well. alston's attorney says one of the questions under debate is whether she will be allowed to remain in office. a new courthouse building is ruining the intentions of a 9/11 memorial in rockville. the plaque features the name of 11 montgomery county residents killed in the terrorist attacks. it was designed so that on each september 11 a beam of sunlight lights up the memorial at 8:46, the time the first plane hit the world trade center. but a tall courthouse annex across the street will block the sunlight at that time. however, the sun will illuminate the plaque at 9:37 which is the time the pentagon was hit. many people send their work days in a cubical sitting in an office chair. do you ever check how much that chair costs you're sitting? >> at frederick county's 911

dispatch center, the answer to that question is $1200 for each chairp chair. the county recently got approval to buy the specialized ergonomic chairs. they say they're cost effective in the long run when you consider they're using 24 hours a day, seven days a week. >> a normal office chair in this environment would probably only last a year. we spend $400. in four years we have to spend $1600 for a chair that we could spend $1200 for. not only will it last four or five years but it's about the for the environment it's used in. >> the chairs were bought using state 911 fees. the time is 5:34. we're keeping with the chair theme in this your money report. speaking of places you could use a comfortable seat, how about airplanes? german scientists say they've designed a propoe type for

climate control -- prototype for a climate controlled airline seat. passengers can control how warm or cool they are instead of the relying on the fan in the ceiling. they can't say exactly if or when they might actually showing up on flights. new census data being released this morning show the u.s. economy may finally be stabilizing and starting to trend higher. it shows more americans are on the move and more young people are leaving their parents' homes for college or the job market. a sharp decline in the birth rate is leveling off and poverty is slowing but there are some points of concern. the jobless rate remains over 8%. homeownership dropped for a fifth straight year. if the worst part of your shopping experience is trying on clothes, there may be a fix for that. the makers of meality says it's the only type of device that lets you keep your clothes on.

a wand goes over your body quickly and goes through a series of internal calculations that they claim will pinpoint the right fit for each retailer's items. our lesli foster checked it out. >> reporter: you're saying to me in 10 to 15 seconds, you could find your best fit somewhere? >> absolutely. we use radio waves to measure 200,000 points of measurement on your body. we compare that to what's been provided to us by the manufacturers and that's how you find your best fit. >> one customer took her shopping guide on the hunt for jeans that would accentuate her short and curvy frame. they says it's the first time she's been able to find a pair that works for her so quickly. this is the only body scanner that lets you keep your clothes on. you can try it out this afternoon at fair oaks mall where experts will be demonstrating it at noon and 4:00 p.m. in addition to fair oaks, scanners are going online at

six other malls in the mid- atlantic region. guys don't have this problem. >> wow. that's amazing. >> it's really cool. >> you just go in the center of the mall and do it and then you can put in your retailer. >> and take your information with you and theoretically things should fit. >> that's crazy. still ahead, pepco is going to run a test today and if you're one of your customers, it could affect you. that story is coming up. >> the smithsonian offers a closer look at how americans travel cross-country -- traveled cross-country in the 19th century.

welcome back. 5:39. your weather first. a chill in the air. we're in the 50s. some areas in the low to mid- 40s in the outer suburbs. jacket lightly this morning but a great day ahead. look at the day planner. we're expecting sunshine, maybe a couple of high clouds early. 71 by noon. 3:00 75. i think we could poke up to 78 for a high with a 6:00 p.m. reading of 73 degrees.

i'll be back in just a few minutes talking about the weekend outlook. it's going to be changing from saturday to sunday. right now here's monika with timesaver traffic. brake lights on the southbound side of 270 begin here at route 109. it's continuous to 121 at 5:39 in the morning. but all lanes are open and you're good to go through germantown and rockville. i'll be back with more coming up in a few minutes at 5:48. i've been combing through the day's daily deals, e-mails and retailer websites to find you some deep discounts. here are some of our favorites. experience a new three-story nightclub. you get v.i.p. bottle service. the rock bar one of the most anticipated openings in the l street corridor. it's saturday, september 29. you can get a ticket to the event for as low as $10 to get in at gilt city. how about $# 9 for a flat screen -- $89 for a flat screen

monitor monitor. samsung is offering a 20-inch lcd. 67% off. how about breakfast and valet parking just 99 bucks, 42% off the normal price at dover downs hotel and casino. you can find this deal at groupon. if you have an offer you've seen or you're a local merchant with a deal for our viewers, i'd love to hear from you on facebook. if you're part of pepco's rewards program in maryland, there's a test you need to know about happening this afternoon. the program allows pepco to reduce the load on high peak use days by cycling the participant's air conditioners and heat pumps off. to minute mize any impact, pep -- minimize any impact, pepco subjects waiting to use the dishwasher and turning off electronics you aren't using. you get a discount for being part of the program. what's old is new once again. check this out.

that is really cool looking. the national museum of american history is selling a covered wagon. visitors got a chance to see the curators prepare and clean the 1800 vehicle. covered wagons played a crucial role when it came to hauling supplies across the united states. coming up, we'll take a closer look at voters in the presidential battleground state of virginia. >> riders get a lot more of a thrill than they imagined when an amusement park ride gets stuck for hours. she dishes out advice, dr. joyce brothers is 84 years old today. oscar winning actress sophia loren is 78. actor gary cole is 55. nascar drive pablo man toia is

37. if it's your birthday, happy birthday. we'll be right back.

hello, friends. are you just waking up at 5:46? going to be a great day. >> howard bernstein is here to talk about it's cold outside. >> it's going to be great this afternoon. you have a tee time, the early ones you may need a jacket but if you have a lunch, 1:00 tee time today, play some tennis outside, whatever. >> i'm thinking hammock time. it's hammock time. >> all right. good for you. i'm jealous. weather wise -- is it shady or sunny side? >> in the shade. come on over. >> temperatures going in the 70s. here's a look at the bus stop forecast. got a chill this morning. jacket weather with low to mid- 40s in the outer suburbs. we're holding at 55 still in d.c. at this hour. sunrise for the until 6:54. there's just a touch of fog. we'll show you that in just a

moment but a beautiful day ahead. with sunshine, light winds turning to the southeast at about 5, maybe 8 miles an hour. highs about 77, 78 with a 5:00 temperature of 74. so you got outdoor plans this afternoon, it's going to be great. speaking of outdoor plans, the nationals are going to try to clinch at least a wild card tonight if they can beat the dodgers. 7:05. we start at 71 and fall into the upper 60s toward the latter inning so a light jacket for that. fog is a problem up in frederick, quarter mile visibility. cumberland quarter mile visibility. there's patches, very spotty patches of fog out across some of the colder areas where temperatures have fallen well down in the 40s. 42 in lovettsville. centreville, fairfax, very nanny at 47 with fort -- vienna at 47 with fort belvoir at 48. bowie 47. andrews is 51. and as we look outside on our michael & son weather camera, we've got good visibility.

nice morning here on wisconsin avenue. still a ways to go before we get that sunrise. 49 degrees on the dew point with a temp of 55. relative humidity of 80% and just a few high clowldz. want to show you the national temperatures. we have cool stuff right across the northern states here. cooler air is coming in from canada. the fall season beginning across the north but the heat in oklahoma city today at 94. a little bit of that warmth is going to head our way tomorrow and saturday before another front heads this way. but you can clearly see this northwesterly flow. you see the clouds diving from the northwest to the southeast. that's that push of the cooler air into the northern part of the country. it's going to hit the great lakes and go more east than south here initially. but by saturday night, the front comes through so sunday will cool down behind that. until then we're looking at just a few high clouds with a good deal of sunshine. we may see a shower west of i- 81 tomorrow afternoon with a better chance for us late saturday afternoon, saturday evening with that front. so looks great really today, 78. tonight closer to 60 in d.c.

closer to 50 in the outer suburbs so not as chilly. warm tomorrow, 82, a good day. saturday a pretty good day, 85. again that shower late saturday afternoon, saturday evening turning cooler sunday only around 70 for the skins home game. monday looks nice, cool, autumnal, 68. here's monika with timesaver traffic. thank you so much. if you're planning to head around town, of course you'll see the volumes increasing right now. northbound 95 right here near dumfries there is an accident. the good news is it's sitting on the right shoulder. the bad news is all of you want to look at it. look at all the yellow trying to get toward dumfries and then it turns green into woodbridge. we'll take a live look at the prince william parkway where you have a couple of brake lights leaving this point but it's really heading toward dumfries that will be the big issue. the accident is on the right showedder. this time well -- shoulder. this time we'll head to the inbound side of i-66. vre is back to normal. if you're heading out on the

roads, everything is looking good. manassas into centreville toward fairfax and a live look insides the beltway 6 -- inside the beltway 66 to the roosevelt bridge. i'll be back with more at 6:00. a cbs news poll released wednesday shows president owe wam ma's lead -- president obama's lead over mitt romney is now larger than the poll's margin of error. >> one surprise from the commonwealth is the president is winning when it comes to his challenger's core issue, the economy. dwight andrews reports. >> i absolutely think the economy sip proving. >> reporter: 20 miles outside washington in vienna, virginia, attorney amanda schneider sees an economy on the rise. she supports the president and her optimism is reflected in the numbers. in our poll when likely voters were asked who would did a better job on the economy, mitt romney led by two points in august but that's now flipped to a 2-point lead for mr. obama 49% to 47%. >> i don't support the

republican philosophy that tax cuts will improve the economy. i do believe that government spending can be reduced but that doesn't mean it shouldn't be spent on critical infrastructure, education, and health care. >> reporter: the president also holds a sizable 12-point lead among women voters in virginia with almost every obama campaign ad focused on women. >> moms like christy would be stretched even more under mitt romney. >> my goodness, what a northern virginia welcome. >> reporter: but there is another side to the gender gap. the romney-ryan ticket leads with men in virginia by six points and their campaign is pressing the message they can fix the economy. >> here in virginia we're not better off under president obama. >> reporter: a virginia voter and 20-year veteran of the air force believes mitt romney has more ability to handle the deficit. >> the success in the salt lake city olympics, success as

governor of massachusetts, and my disillusionment what's happened the past four years, it's for those reasons primarily that i'm looking for maybe a change. >> reporter: here's just one example of the intensity of the fight for virginia. romney's running mate paul ryan has already campaigned in virginia eight times and he's barely been on the ticket for six weeks. making news now at 5:52, authorities are upgrading the evacuation warnings in the eastern portion of washington state. some fast spreading wildfires are now threatening more populated areas. large fires are burning in the area you see right here. hundreds of people have already fled their homes in kittitas washington. the same ride at a california amusement park got stuck for the second time. this time 20 people on the wind

seeker ride at knox berry farms were left dangling for more than three hours. crews eventually got them off safely to the ground long after the park had closed. ice levels in the arctic sea have dropped to their lowest levels since record keeping started back in 1979. that's according to the national snow and ice data center. scientists say at the center the arctic could become ice free in late summer within 25 to 30 years. let's take another look at the question of the day. it is most men spend less than two minutes every day doing what? is it a, picking out their clothes, b, brushing their teeth or c, eating breakfast. >> our facebook friend antonio wrote a. us goes through anything on without looking to see if it's matching or wrinkled. >> o on to the wu -- log on to the wusa9 facebook page and leave your response. we'll reveal the answer in

about an hour. >> if you give the right answer, you have a chance to win a $50 gas card. yesterday's winner was mandy baylor mccleary. hundreds of vre train riders were stranded yesterday. we'll this morning's developments coming up. >> cbs's prime time lineup before it debuts next week. keep it right here. we'll be right back.

welcome back. 5:56. your weather first on a fantastic thursday morning. chilly out there. we have a touch of fog, places like frederick and cumberland and spomenty here -- spotty here across parts of fauquier county, maybe western loudoun with temps in the 40s. 63 in newland -- not newland 506789 in newland. -- 50 in newland. as we head toward 9:00, mostly sunny, 50s to low 60s. lunch time looks great. 71 for d.c. still in the 60s in the shenandoah valley. your afternoon will feature temperatures in the mid-70s. probably topping out briefly at 78 with a drive home temperature right about 70 to 75. mike and jess, back to you. >> thank you, howard. after the summer hiatus, the cbs fall prime time schedule starts on monday. >> lineup mixes in new shows with the network hit comedies and top rated crime dramas. bigad shaban got to see some of the stars walk the red carpet at the cbs launch party. >> reporter: dennis quaid is bringing the bright lights of las vegas to tuesday nights on

cbs. the drama vegas is one of four new shows premiering on the network next week. quaid plays a sheriff battling mobsters. >> i call it cowboys versus gangsters and it's about the building of las vegas from 1960 to what we know as las vegas today. >> reporter: viewers can also catch some laughs with the network's newest comedy partners about a gay architect and his straight coworker. >> brandon and i are life partners and they become engaged in the first episode. it's partners. >> reporter: cbs also has 19 prime time shows returning this season, including the hit comedy the bing gang near iy and two -- theory and two and a half men. you can watch craig ferguson every weekday on the "the late show" show. he was one of many cbs celebrities to walk the blue carpet. >> i like to take my shoes off.

>> reporter: tv's number one drama cis will pick up wednesday right where it left off after an explosion last season. >> nobody knows where anybody is but we bring our audience back the open of season ten right to that moment. >> reporter: fans can expect a huge manhunt for the criminal mastermind responsible. bigad shaban, cbs news, los angeles. >> good morning. you're watching 9news now at 6:00 a.m. i'm jessica doyle. andrea roane is off today. i'm mike hydeck. thanks for joining us. you're almost there. thursday is a great day. good morning, monika samtani. >> it is a great day. >> doesn't she look wonderful in her pink. mr. howard bernstein always handsome. thank you very much. a gorgeous day on tap for us once we get rid of the chill and patchy fog in a couple of spots. >> it's gorgeous. >> it is beautiful out there. we have temperatures very refreshing, crisp. some had to put the furnaces on last night. 61 by 9:00 here in